PSI:My girlfriend got a THIRD DEGREE SUNBURN on Wed.

[lildreamer316]

I am not sure if she used oil instead of sunscreen or what, but her chest is blistered and she called me at 3AM this morning crying in pain; on the way to the hospital.
Doctor said he couldn't figure out why it was only in one place (upper cleavage/lower chest area) and not all over. But anyway:
BE CAREFUL.
PUT ON SOME G*&%$DAMN SPF (with UVA protection also, preferrably!)

Love y'all lots...serisly.

[Lavender Brown]

1. Ouch! Poor thing

I hope the burn heals soon. That's awful.

[zanne]

2. I was once seriously burned because of bug spray.

I was out sunning and put some "Deet" on to keep the bugs away. That night, I was in the ER. I don't know why people aren't warned about that.

[meow2u3]

10. Use catnip instead

Catnip spray bought in a pet supply store is said to be a better insect repellent than 'DEET.' Besides, it has the welcome or annoying side effect, depending on your attitude towards felines, of attracting cats.

[Mutley]

3. That happened to my sister when we were kids.

Same spot, too. I can't even imagine how painful it is. I'm such a baby even with a normal sunburn.

[stuntcat]

4. I hope she'll feel better fast.

In a couple of weeks she can look back and laugh!

Last year I took a walk down a Florida beach (trying to get away from my in-laws :puke:) I didn't wear any sunscreen and my shoulders and back got burned. It didn't really effect me until I got back to VA the next day and by then I was throwing up :puke:



(I couldn't remember how to puke! :blush: :puke:)

[NewEnglandGirl]

5. It could have been only in that one

area because she had previously put perfume or perfumed lotion or something there. Sometimes that can cause a terrible sun reaction. My sympathies to her. That is so painful. :cry:

[applegrove]

6. That happened to me once. I was at a beach and it was windy & cold so we didn't put on much

sunscreen. By night I was the deepest read all over. By the next day blisters. Then I visited my grandmother and aunt at a swanky resort as skin was falling off my face in sheets. I could tell how disgusting I looked just by staring into the faces of others.

[MonkeyFunk]

12. yep, that's the worst

you just don't feel the sun and don't think you need sunscreen. I burned the hell out of the tops of my feet once like on a windy, cloudy day at the beach. I wore a long-sleeved shirt and a hat and was otherwise well protected, but I was barefoot.

[applegrove]

13. I still have freckles in the shape of that bathing suit on my sholders.

I'm a candidate for cancer in the years to come. They say it only takes one bad burn in your youth and you are vulnerable. Take care of you.

[MilesColtrane]

7. Draw a tub full of room temperature water.

Dump a box of tea bags in the water.

Let her soak in that for a while.

[driver8]

8. My girlfriend fell asleep while sunbathing in Florida on Spring Break.

She went down a couple of days before me and was staying with a friend.

When I got there, she looked like a lobster! She was in so much pain...

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. That's serious. I hope she didn't get sun poisoning too

[DS1]

11. Third degree?

So you can see her muscle and bone where the skin is missing? She's got second degree burns at best, but I know how much those hurt. She'll get better.

[lildreamer316]

14. That's what the doctor said..sirsly!!

*I* don't actually know what that would look like, so I'll take your word for it.
Maybe doc was just trying to scare her.

[JVS]

15. read this. your story sounds very similar to that of someone I know

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitiligo